77% of Americans think alternative energy projects should be top priority for Bush administration by ZDNet's ZDNet Research -- The CSI/40mpg.org survey found that 58% of Americans - including 57% of independents and 42% of conservatives - are more concerned about global warming today than they were two years ago. Also, more than three out of four Americans (76%) - including two out of three conservatives - think the federal government is not [...] doing enough.
I enjoy surveys about alternative energy. There are few people out there who really believe that we should increase our use fossil fuels. Almost everyone thinks we should develop renewable energy sources, and that the government should spend money on it. That is not happening--the secretary of the Department of Energy was all to quick to dismiss the mention of alternative energy in the State of the Union address.
One of the great disconnects in our wonderful representative democracy is the near absense of representation in our democracy. The people of the United States do not want to be addicted to oil, and we certainly would like to keep out of foreign entanglements in the future. For the most part however, we have not taken the extra step to get those things done. To paraphrase a bumper sticker and poster that you see all over the place "when the people lead, our leaders will follow". Trite, but true.
With that in mind, we'll start talking about local economic development soon!
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